Letter To the Editor
| DOI | 10.1177/026455054600500610 |
| Published date | 01 November 1946 |
| Date | 01 November 1946 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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LETTER
TO
THE
EDITOR
I
was
greatly
interested
in
the
article
by
Mr.
Haynes
on
page
70,
&dquo;
Three
Glimpses
of
Criminal
Reform
Work
in
India,&dquo;
as
the
work
among
the
Doms
of
Benares
was
started
by
my
father,
the
late
Rev.
C.
Phillips
Cape,
in
1905.
It
so
happens
I
lived
with
him
until
1916
in
our
home
which
was
the
centre
of
the
settlement
for
these
registered
criminals.
I
taught
the
children
in
day
school,
Sunday
school
and
had
a
Scout
Patrol
during
my
holidays.
I
believe
I
could
almost
still
do
it
now
because
I
have
not
yet
forgotten
our
common
native
tongue.
My
father
wrote
a
little
book,
&dquo; Prisoners
Released,&dquo;
on
this
work
and
I
frequently
refer
to
it
not
only
for
inspiration
but
for
very
sound
practical
advice.
I
still
follow
with
great
interest
the
progress
of
the
Doms
and
it
is
most
encouraging
to
read
an
independent
account
and
opinion
which
confirms
that
the
more
generous
estimate
that
my
father
and
his
colleagues
placed
in
this
criminal
tribe,
although
not
commonly
supposed
even
sane
let
alone
safe,
has
now
been
absolutely
vindicated.
But
it
takes
an
unfaltering
faith,
vision
and
persistence
to
do
it.
For
those
who
care
about
penal
reform
nothing
less
can
hope
to
be
effective.
C.
E.
CAPE,
Governor,
November
5,
1946.
Manchester
Prison.
&dquo;
CHILDREN
ON
TRIAL &dquo;
A
film
which
has
received
a
good
deal
of
publicity
and
approbation
but,
from
the
point
of
view
of
the
general
public,
is
probably
not
as
intelligible
as
it
might
be.
Much
of
its
value
is
lost
by
the
blurring
of
the
sound-track
and,
obviously,
there
has
been
a
good
deal
of
cutting
which
has
left
the
sequences
of
the
girl’s
history
disjointed.
Too
much
is
left
to
the
imagination
of
the
audience.
For
instance,
between
the
shot
showing
Shirley
abandoned
on
the
high
road
after
refusing
to
take
part
in
a
&dquo; stick
up&dquo;
and
her
meeting
with
the
Headmistress
of
the
Approved
School,
there
is
nothing
to
show
how
the
girl
arrived
at
the
school.
How
did
the
Headmistress
know
the
girl’s
identity
and
how
did
the
girl
know
to
which
school
she
was
being
conveyed
when
she
absconded?
It
would
be
interesting
to
know
why
the
identity
of
some
personalities
in
the
film
remain
their
own
while
others
are
given
different
names;
why
the
probation
officer
loses
her
identity
and
the
Approved
School
Head-
master
retains
his
own.
Incidentally,
do
women
proba-
tion
officers
in
the
provinces
deal
with
boys
of
the
age
and
type
of
Fred?
If
they
do
it
can
only
be
in
rare
instances
and,
surely,
it
would have
been
better
for
the
normal
rather
than
the
exception
to
have
been
portrayed?
One
is
left
with
the
impression
that
another
ten
minutes
would
have
filled
in
a
lot
of
necessary
detail
and
that
a
new
sound-track
would
be
a
good
idea.
By
c(yurtesy
of
&dquo;The
Star&dquo;
&dquo;I’ll
say
it’s
a
good
school
’e’s
gorn
to-it’s
got
Home’
Otfice
approval
an’
,all.&dquo;
(Continued
from
page
75)
Treatment
of
Parents
found
guilty
of
neglect
of
their
children,.
A
memorandum
was
agreed
upon
to
be
sent
to
the
Home
Office,
the
Magistrates’
Association,
and
the
Elizabeth
Fry
Committee
of
the
Friends’
Penal
Reform
Committee.
It
was
agreed
that
Miss
F.
Smith
of
Hampshire
be
asked
to
represent
N.A.P.O.
on
the
Elizabeth
Fry
Com-
mittee,
which
would
be
informed
that
such
representative
was
to
be
concerned
only
with
the
practical
details
of
the
Approved
Hostel
Scheme
and
not
with
the
raising
of
funds
to
start
it.
Payment
of
War
Bonus.
It
was
reported
that,
at
the
request
of
a
senior
probation
officer
of
a
county
Borough,
representations
were
made
to
the
Probation
Committee
by
N.A.P.O.
with
regard
to
the
payment
of
war
bonus
to
their
officers
who
had
not
been
granted
the
last
two
bonuses.
News
had
now
been
received
that
the
Probation
Committee,
having
considered
the
representations
made
to
them,
had
authorised
the
payment
of
the
two
bonuses.
CITY
OF
SHEFFIELD
.
Appointment
of
Female
Probation
Officer
APPLICATIONS
are
invited
for
the
appointment
of
a
full-
time
female
probation
officer.
The
salary
and
terms
of
appointment
will
be
in
accordance
with
the
Probation
Rules.
Applications,
in
own
handwriting,
stating
age,
qualifications,
experience
and
accompanied
by
copies
of
three
recent
testimo-
nials,
must
reach
me,
the
undersigned,
not
later
than
Saturday,
the
4th
January,
1947.
L.
M.
PUGH,
The
Court
House,
Secretary
to
the
Probation
Committee.
Castle
St.,
Sheffield,
3.
Printed
bv
Xuneaton
NewspaDers.
Ltd.,
Bond
Gate,
Nuneaton,
for
the
National
Association
of
Probation
Officers.
2,
Hobart
Place.
London.
S.~’P.1_
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